Francesca Sciandra

Integrative Therapist, Couples Therapist & Hypnotherapist | Attachment & Psychedelic Integration

[Francesca Sciandra @withfrancesca]

@60Minutes Memory intensive driving occupations, such as taxi and ambulance driving, might be associated with some protection against Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease mortality among taxi and ambulance drivers: population based cross sectional study

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@60Minutes An MRI study found significantly increased gray matter volume in the brains of London taxi drivers compared with those of controls.

Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers

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@HeidiBriones Full citation: Oswald, F., Lopes, A., Skoda, K., Hesse, C. L., & Pedersen, C. L. (2020). I’ll Show You Mine so You’ll Show Me Yours: Motivations and Personality Variables in Photographic Exhibitionism. The Journal of Sex Research, 57(5), 597–609. https://t.co/nVCICRSERg

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@HeidiBriones A survey of 1,087 men found ‘the most frequently reported motivational category for sending genital images was a transactional mindset (i.e., motivated by hopes of receiving images in return),’

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Carl Jung... a brutal reminder

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‘Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.’

— D.W. Winnicott 🫀✨

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‘Your emotional life is not written in cement during childhood. You write each chapter as you go along.’

— Harry Stack Sullivan 🌿🌾🍃

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Source: Donald Woods Winnicott (1965). The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment. London: Karnac Books, p.187.

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‘It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found.’

— D.W. Winnicott 🤍❤️‍🩹

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‘The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination.

Today we have abundant opportunities to utilize our strengths and passions, do things we enjoy, and connect with people we love.’

— Carl R Rogers 🛵🍃

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‘To be human is to need others, and this is no flaw or weakness.’

— Sue Johnson 🙏💜✨

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🌟 How To Overcome Anxiety: A 3-Part Approach 🌟

If you’re struggling with anxiety, you’re certainly not alone — anxiety is a harsh reality for millions of people around the world.

You don’t have to accept it as a way of life.

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‘Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.’

— Lao Tzu 🧡🏹🦁

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This month, I'm sharing resources to help you recognise if your inner child needs healing and how to begin a nurturing journey of reparenting yourself with self-compassion. 💜🌱

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If you're ready to develop your creativity and make progress on your writing dreams, this is your opportunity. 🌟

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